Management

Wing Hong Sammy
Hsieh

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Mr. Wing Hong Sammy Hsieh is our chairman of the board and co-founder and has served as our chief executive officer since 2009. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Hsieh held senior positions in a number of prominent technology companies. Mr. Hsieh was general manager for Asia Pacific at Efficient Frontier (now an Adobe company), a leading digital performance marketing company in 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Hsieh was director of Search Marketing at Yahoo Hong Kong during 2000 to 2008, during which he oversaw the business operations, including sales, marketing, business development and product management. Mr. Hsieh also held various sales and marketing positions at the LVMH Group and British American Tobacco earlier in his career. Mr. Hsieh received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Jian
Tang

Mr. Jian Tang is our director and co-founder and has served as our chief operating officer since January 2016 and our chief technology officer since November 2016. Mr. Tang has approximately 20 years of experience in digital advertising and is well-known in the area of advertising technologies and big data in China. Prior to joining us, Mr. Tang founded OptAim in 2012, which was later acquired by us in July 2015. Prior to founding OptAim, Mr. Tang was Tencent’s engineering director of Advertising Platform Department who helped initiate and develop Tencent’s programmatic ad exchange platform. Mr. Tang had also served key research and engineering and management roles at Yahoo’s global research and development center, Baidu and Microsoft Research from 2005 to 2011, where he led a number of major technical and research and development projects. Mr. Tang received his doctor’s degree in computer engineering from Tsinghua University. Mr. Tang was named by Campaign Asia as one of the leaders in its Digital A-List in 2016.

Chi Wai Terence
Li

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Chi Wai Terence Li is our chief financial officer and has served as our head of finance since 2018. Mr. Li has approximately 15 years of experience in financial management, investment, and business operations. Prior to joining us, Mr. Li served in management roles and advisory capacities at several start-ups, in addition to financial management and fundraising roles. Mr. Li was a Vice President with iClick’s Series A investor, Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia, and served on the board of iClick between 2009 and 2013. Mr. Li also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, specializing in M&A due diligence and cross border tax and deal structuring projects. Mr. Li received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the HK Polytechnic University and an MBA with Distinction and Dean’s List honors from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. Mr. Li is a Fellow Member of ACCA, a Member of HKICPA, and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Yan
Lee

Chief Product Officer

Mr. Yan Lee has served as our chief product officer since 2016. Mr. Lee has approximately ten years of experience in digital marketing and products, with a focus on big data advertising platforms as well as business ecosystem infrastructure. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lee was the founder and chief executive officer of Buzzinate, a leading demand side platform and data service provider in mainland China, which was acquired by us in November 2014. Prior to founding Buzzinate, Mr. Lee held strategic advertising roles at several 4As agencies serving automobile, fast-moving consumer goods and retail clients. Mr. Lee received his dual bachelor’s degrees in advertising and corporate management from National Chengchi University in Taiwan, and an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, China. In 2012, Mr. Lee was named by Forbes China as one of China’s “30 Under 30” Entrepreneurs.